Since 13 years, I have traveled India
so many times. But still now, I can’t explain what is India exactly.

Actually, India has many aspects and faces,
so we can’t express it in short word.

But if we have focused on some
limited area deep inside India,
then She will show us great deal of cultural richness.

To focus on the rich heritages
of martial arts, the project of this website is one of such trials toward India.

There were so many genius-like
achievements by India
in many fields. For example, the concept of “Zero” was discovered by Indian mathematician,
and game Chess and Go were created in India at first. Some scholar says that
very source of iron civilization was originated in India.

But most efficient talent Indian
people have realized was its spirituality of course.

Since before I’m Buddhist practicing its meditation in
both Zen of Mahayana school and Vipassana of Therawada school. That’s why, at first India is the great mother
country of Buddhism for me.

In the history of Buddhism India
has delivered countless number of great person like Buddha himself, King Ashoka, Nagarjuna, Bodhi Dharma, etc.

Apart from Buddhism, there also
were many many great personalities in spiritual
field like Rama Krishna, Vivekananda, Ramana
Maharishi, Tagore, Mahathma Gandhi, ShankaraAcharya, and so on.

For people of the world, India
is most dominant and respectable country as the great spiritual source.

See the national flag of India,
there is a Dharma Chakra seated on the very
center of it.

I think that it symbolizes the
great ambition of India
to realize the idea of Dharma Chakra, realization of the highest goal of
spirituality. It was the great declaration of the All-India National Congress
Party at the time of independence. The nation India
was born as a land
of Dharma Chakra.

It seems that everybody has
forgotten about the idea of Dharma Chakra.

Before, India was always keeping enough
distance from western sense of value and its scheme of globalization. Because
the first wave of globalization was just colonization by European, and India
had to have much suffering by the movements.

Since then, India has established very
critical view point upon western civilization.

In spite of that, India
seems to have forgotten such historical lesson, and just following the
western sense of values, merely materialism and self centered desire.

I’m really worried about such kind of trend
these days.

Because I love and respect India,
so I must give her candid opinion.

In the middle of 21st century, India will be
one of the biggest powers in the world, politically and economically, in
military field and in the aspect of environmental problem. She must be the
great leading country of the world.

If Indian people has no correct
navigation and philosophy, just follows the material desires, then what will
be happen in the world ?

I think India should return to its own
glorious past and wisdom in spiritual sense.

Basically the concept of Dharma
Chakra was derived from Hindu and Buddhist tradition, but it’s absolutely universal rather than
sectarian.

It’s open for every religion
includes monotheism like Christian and Islam.

Because the driver of the Chakra
is the God itself. Without will of the God, Chakra will never rotate forever.
Buddha has never mentioned about the God, but it is clear that there should
be a “engine” for the system, or a “driver” for the car.

Dharma Chakra is the symbol of
the nation India,
glory of the Buddha, the wisdom of Hindu Veda , and
the Supreme power of the God.

With such
concept, I would like to promote Stick Rotating
Technique, which is really embodying an appearance of rotating Dharma
Chakra itself. I guess, that’s why it was
popularized widely all over India.

It’s very effective bodily exercise
both for youth and adult. Also good for mental concentration and spiritual
prayer.